This message is from: "Carol Trujillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I second support for ALWAYS riding with a helmet. I also think it's a good idea to wear one for groundwork. I've been soundly whacked on the side of the head by a horse (not a fjord) flinging his head while I was leading him and toppled while longing the same horse. I cracked my Troxel helmet rather than my skull when coming off the backend of my Arab-Saddlebred (user error with simultaneous spooking) -- got just a concussion rather than a life- or mobility- ending head injury.
I need my brain to workworkwork and keep in the lap of luxury here in Southern California my QH mare, fjord gelding, retirement-pastured Arab-Saddlebred, elderly yellow lab and cocker mix dogs, and the neighbor's cat. I'm an attorney by trade (former prosecutor and police legal advisor) now working in civilian oversight of law enforcement. I'm the only horse addict in the family. My husband will top off water buckets without prompting and enjoys barbering Henrik Fjord's mohawk. We also enjoy riding motorcycles (with helmets, jackets, gloves, and boots and slowly past horses) and sailing. -- Carol Trujillo in Ramona The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
